LE CUISTAX. Postcard from Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium, 1950s. On the right is a ‘cuistax’. A holiday on the Belgian coast was considered incomplete until the family had rented a cuistax (go-cart) and had a spin along the beach. They were supposedly invented by Belgian cycle maker Flandria in the 1930s when they had the …
BICYCLE DETECTIVES IDENTIFICATION IMPOSSIBLE? – 1886-1900 is my favourite era of bicycle manufacture and I’ve spent many years learning about the various features introduced at this time. 1890-1898 was the ‘bicycle boom’ era. So many British companies made bicycles that if a survivor has no obvious identification, it’s usually impossible to find its maker. Most …
CYCLING IN SCOTLAND? BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU PARK YOUR BIKE! This 1890s safety bicycle was swallowed by a tree in The Trossachs in Scotland.
BICYCLE DETECTIVES: IDENTIFICATION IMPOSSIBLE? – 1886-1900 is my favourite era of bicycle manufacture and I’ve spent many years learning about the various features introduced at this time. 1890-1898 was the ‘bicycle boom’ era. So many British companies made bicycles that if a survivor has no obvious identification, it’s usually impossible to find its maker. Most …
